Why Does France Suck so Bad?

[Drake Tungsten]

Actually, arrogance, smugness and insufferable moral superiority seems to be a trait mostly found among Canadians

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

Actually, arrogance, smugness and insufferable moral superiority seems to be a trait mostly found among Canadians

Oh, you, get out of the closet already...

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Actually, arrogance, smugness and insufferable moral superiority seems to be a trait mostly found among Canadians

Smug alert!

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Spiffor

And I'd be perfectly happy to sell a brownish beverage and call it Coca-Cola. However, that name has a reputation (that costed millions upon millions to build over the years), and I just can't do it like that.

Sorry, but I can see the difference between a trademark and a word in the common vocabulary.

[MarkG]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Sorry, but I can see the difference between a trademark and a word in the common vocabulary.

you see, in the advance european civilization, words and specific products are protected from capitalism

the same is happening with products like the Greek Feta (or french wine, etc) where companies not using the original way of manufacturing are prohibited from calling their white cheeses "feta" so that the consumer is not fooled.

[MarkG]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Who the **** are you to tell a bakery what they're supposed to sell?

If it's safe and conforms to whatever process they claim the bread is made by then why the hell does the government feel like sticking its big nose in there?

it's thinking like this that have us ending up reading at the footer of the Pizza Hut menu: "chicken used on the pizzas refers to product based on chicken. beaf refers to product based on beaf." (it's true, just look it up(or rather, down))

[KrazyHorse]

words and specific products are protected from capitalism

Actually, it looks to me as though you've allowed a small group of capitalists to monopolise the word.

It's all the negatives of capitalism with none of the benefits.

YAY!!!

I'm beginning to see why Europe is turning into such a ****hole.

I'm also beginning to see why Americans think that "socialism" is inefficient. They think Europe is socialist. It's not. It's run by ****ing guilds. It's the medieval bourgeoisie all over again.

[SlowwHand]

I thought a boulangerie was a whore house.

[Victor Galis]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse




How ****ing retarded is this?

Not only have you decided what "boulangerie" means according to some Frenchy pseudo-cultured sense, but you've also decided to enforce your view in law.

I don't know about you, but I'd be perfectly happy to have an electronics store call itself a boulangerie.

I guess if you can't face the modern world it's always possible to close your eyes and claim the cultural high ground.

Would you be fine with companies selling "Bier" in Germany that didn't meet the statards of the Purity Law?

Sorry, but I can see the difference between a trademark and a word in the common vocabulary.

Well in France, they have an institution to define words too

[Elok]

Originally posted by MarkG
you see, in the advance european civilization, words and specific products are protected from capitalism

the same is happening with products like the Greek Feta (or french wine, etc) where companies not using the original way of manufacturing are prohibited from calling their white cheeses "feta" so that the consumer is not fooled.

Yes, but that's a product. You buy "feta" and taste something more like rotten parmesan, you're going to be very unhappy. I approve of laws regulating what you can call certain types of food; for example, if a food does not contain the leaves of Camellia sinensis, I do not believe it should be legal to call it "tea." It's annoying as hell to ask for tea and get some smarmy potpourri-water BS. If they refuse to label that crap as "potpourri-water," "tisane" will do as well, but it's not freaking tea if it has no tea leaves in it. Grr. Anyway, to get back on-topic, it's inexcusable to have to pay for crappy products under a false impression, but unless French bakeries charge admission or something like that the main consequence of entering a faux-langerie is disillusionment.

Perhaps if a Frenchman walks into a "boulangerie" and discovers that they do not sell hand-baked bread, only the machine-made kind, he will be apoplectic with rage and will be able to sue the owners, or the state, for emotional damages somehow. Perhaps he will think, "Zut, this boulangerie does not sell handmade bread? Well then, all boulangeries must be the same way! I spit upon boulangeries in my disdainful French fashion. Ptah! From now on I will eat only pita and German pumpernickel!"

Perhaps he will. I don't know. It'd make more sense if he just said "pshht" and stopped frequenting the place in question. It's what I'd do if I encountered a store that put on airs but sold inferior products. This is just a weird, neurotic regulation, albeit pretty much harmless. Now, if the "boulangerie" sells "herb tea," I don't object to the owner getting shot in the crotch with rock salt. But that's another story.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Victor Galis


Would you be fine with companies selling "Bier" in Germany that didn't meet the statards of the Purity Law?

Duh.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Victor Galis
Well in France, they have an institution to define words too

Don't get me started on the ****ing Academie Francaise

[Barnabas]

France fighting the good fight!

Defend real bread!

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by MikeH
Does anyone else have any idea what KH is going on aboot?

A good troll to give Asher a run for the money?

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Actually, arrogance, smugness and insufferable moral superiority seems to be a trait mostly found among Canadians